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Friendly opener? crossword clue

23 Across · WSJ Crossword, November 10, 2026 · 3 letters

Answer

ECO

ECO (3 letters)

Explanation

The answer to “Friendly opener?” is ECO. It appears as 23 Across in the Wall Street Journal crossword of November 10, 2026, a Tuesday puzzle titled “Cell Division” by George Jasper, and it fills 3 squares running left to right from row 5, column 1 of the 15×15 grid.

The question mark at the end of the clue signals wordplay: the surface reading is a misdirection, and the answer fits a punning or figurative sense of the words. The entry begins with E and ends with O, and contains 2 vowels and 1 consonant. If you are working from the crossings, two or three confirmed letters from the Down entries should be enough to lock it in. Tuesday puzzles stay approachable with light wordplay, so expect the rest of this grid to be pitched at the same level.

Past appearances

Clues in other WSJ puzzles with the answer ECO:

Green prefixJul 26, 2026
GreenJun 27, 2026
“Green” prefixJun 8, 2026
Green prefixJun 3, 2026

Other clues from this puzzle

1ABlessed event?

6ALily variety that’s Utah’s state flower

14ACheckers side

15AState with certainty

16APianist Gilels

17ASome parental siblings

18ARough measure of duration

20A“Foul Play with Anthony Davis” channel

21AVan Gogh medium

22ALike some parakeets

24ACheer at a Real Madrid match

25AEager (to go)

26ATetley rival

28ABaseball great Roberto

30ASubjected to persistent criticism

31ACosmic radiation particle

32ADollar sign component

33ACon quest, and a hint to this puzzle’s circled letters

37AShooting locale

40A“Citizen Kane” prop

41ASicilian “see ya!”

44ALet out, as a fishing line

47ABitter green

49ASecond series in a hit CBS franchise

50AWedded woman in Paris: Abbr.

51ABylaw, informally

52AJah follower

55APendulum direction

58APrized violin

60ADallas Cowboys helmet feature

61ATiny tunnelers

62ADay in the movies

63ASeemingly forever

2DPorter’s place on a train?

3DMillennium Falcon’s pilot

4DBusy mo. for costume shops

6D“The Dreamy Fish” composer

7DDemon’s doings

8DThey’re cut before the dealer gets them

9DMiner concern

10D“It matters to us”

11DSong performed in New York City right before the New Year’s Eve ball drop every year since 2005

12DMost of Chaplin’s films

13DSupports a fund drive

19DPigeon drop, e.g.

24DAncient theaters

25DSurrealist Magritte

27DWd. ending -ish, usually

28DRaised to the third power

31DUnwedded woman in Paris: Abbr.

34DMallorca, por ejemplo

37DAurora’s domain

38D“We Don’t Talk About Bruno” musical

39DIsolde’s lover

43DBe generous at the diner

45DPerfume compounds

46DDistinctive flair

48DSelf-centered sort

50DCapital of Belarus

53DFootball Hall of Famer Marchetti

54DCampus military org.

58DToothpaste tube abbr.

59DLike Carnaby Street style

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